Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-21
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Views By Intelligent Csttlemen Oh tho
Subject OF r Refrigerator.

one Of the pest known c4tllemen in the
west, e partner Ct Nals Norris CT C3l-
cage, was in town yesterday. In response
to GAZETTE mans Inquiries IL regard
to the feasibility OF the Houston refrigera-
! tor scheme, Mr.. Rogers sid; ~ WouIdh'
throw the slightest obstruction IN the
Wey OF the committee now trying
! to establish packing house pant al
! Houston. Yet l see nothing but failure
ahead o. them. There are 8 great many
things to be considered in the establish
ment OF beet Z frigeratlng works. |. is
8 business that few understand, and
| know OF several men who have sunk
thousands Of dollars in il, ano gained
nothing but experience. The
Marquis de Mores is IN example,
Al ambitious PACKER spent thousands
for works in Atchison. They are row
idle, the resort of bats and owls. and the
enterprisiDg protector moved oack to
Kansas City. Sixteen years ego z. D.
Armour, the noted packer, wanted one Of
his best meD, his present UPerinteBdent,
10 60 20 Galveston TO start packing
house. The tnp'oye vert, surveyed The
Fl Ia, snd coming back told Mir. Armour
tgat ne tlCu9lt hey had better stick TO
| Kansas City. Time has justified the WIS.
dom CT thar decision. There is no doubt
that they cen get up money enough -
build works, and secure cattle enough 20
slaughter at H0nst0n; but what are theV
( going TO do VIA the dressed produc !:
Where VIII they find 8 market for their
! beef: There's the ruD Trey could
scarcely nope to come out ahead
II 3 competitive struggle with old es-
,ablished concerns. linen again 10 MAX
this . paving business everything must
be utilized, even 10 the horns, bOof5 and
blood. Here Is where experience comes
il, end . knowledge Of the industry in eli
its details Now while 1 think that
money invested in 6 large plant Ike that
proposed ct Houston would &c
wasted, there Is reason to believe
shst if some practical man who knows
how 10 carry it on, would take hold ot 8
small plant, sey here in Fort Worth, and
beginning moderately, gradually work up
aud extend his trade, there IS reason to
believe, repeat, tk2t be could eventually
make il e success. IA other words, |
think thst 10 succeed enc must be content
to start n smell way and trust
% time 10 develop the business. Il
can't be done st one fell sToOp. l. is
| business that requires constant watching,
Snd if not pushed beyond proper limits IS
sure t. grow. This ID the history OF pack
ing houses according TO my experience,
and this l an sure is the proper plan 10
pursue down here"
Lord & Mason, largely interested
in growing cattle in the Panhandle,
was asked IL regGrG 10 tde same subject.
He disayowed any unfriendliness to
Houston, but did rot see any iatteTilg
prospects for the enterprise proposed
there. Mr.. Nelson said that all stOGkmen
knew that they were 2getting too little for
their Oeeves. The packing house men
were making crest deal CT
money, and SO were the retail butchers.
as much i0- Is rO2sts and steaks as it
did when beef was bringing the highest
prices 1t was natural that producers
would want this state Of afT4.r5 changed.
and would be willing TO ny almost any
thing that gave promise Of improvement
II plant were started ct
Houston, u could not count en-
/ the support OF the ranchmen Of Northern
2nd Northwest Texas. Al oWcer N the
Panhandle for instance, would not ship
LIS OOCl SltGAS ~ 'ANA-LS kJ4S-OC 81 1G L
south, from the simple fact thst it would
involve toe great risk, II they should
come in contact with southern cattle, as
would be almost certain, the latter would
be very AIT tC communicate TO
the cattle from the north the
fever that owners ii the higher
+ lat tudes have learned to dread. Stock
men from the large csttle breeding dis
r 30 ~ and
western portions OF Texas, rather than
run this risk viii continue shipping TO
Kansas C.5y and other eastern markets."
Mr.. John c. B0yd sold TO Major J. J.
JARVIS Yesterday, a hall HamDletoni2n
colt. four months old, perfect beauty.
for SIPS. The time is rapidly coming
when Texas will be or an equal footing
with Kentucky or any other state for fine
horses, as well as all other classes Of
blooded stock.
! The report of the Agricultural De
psrtment for 1856 IS out, and g large
portion OF it is taken up with tie re-
port of the Chief of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry, but DR.. Salmon has not
a word to say about Texas fever. When
car communicate disease, and then in
turn it is not contagious from the sick
animal, his report will be of much value
to the scientific world.
a correspondent Ut the Live Stock
journal writing from Mobeetie says
Some of the cattlemen who expected to
have no difficulty in leasing up theiI
ranges under the new land law are
nonplussed at the refusal of the land syn
dicates, holding the alternate railr0sc
sections, to lease on satisfactory terms
1t seems that the only terms OF
which the private lands can be leased
in the future, make the lessee
subject to custer at any moment by tn,
sale of the lands. Tie Houston snd Tex
, as Central Railway, the New York sn(
Texas Land Company, and William Wal
= ter Phelps, the New Jersey Senator
= combined, own perhaps eight or tel
million acres il the Panhandle, alteTnat
| ing with the school lands. If, SIS nov
appears TO be the case, they have decided
to G0andop the leasing system and TX
: push the sale OF their lands K
actual settlers, the state VIII no
only be prevented from leasing q create.
! portion Of its lands, but will have active
; competition il sales, which will mos
likely produce serious falling eff in tn
revenues from the school lands.
This Post Sued
Special to the Gazette.
Houston, TEX, Aug. PC. Mzso1
Laue, who is known SIS the editor Of tn